Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance

<p><u>LEARN HOW TO HACK HUMAN MOVEMENT</u></p> <p class="null1">Join the movement that has reached millions of athletes and coaches; learn how to perform basic maintenance on your body, unlock your human potential, live pain free…and become a Supple Leopard.</p> <p>Improve your athletic performance, extend your athletic career, treat body stiffness and achy joints, and rehabilitate injuries—all without having to seek out a coach, doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist, or masseur. In <i>Becoming a Supple Leopard,</i> Kelly Starrett—founder of <i>MobilityWod.com</i>—shares his revolutionary approach to mobility and maintenance of the human body and teaches you how to hack your own human movement, allowing you to live a healthy, happier, more fulfilling life.</p> <p>Performance is what drives the human animal, but the human animal can be brought to an abrupt halt by dysfunctional movement patterns. Oftentimes, the factors that impede performance are invisible to not only the untrained eye, but also the majority of athletes and coaches. <i>Becoming a Supple Leopard,</i> makes the invisible visible. In this one of a kind training manual, Starrett maps out a detailed system comprised of more than two hundred techniques and illuminates common movement errors that cause injury and rob you of speed, power, endurance, and strength. Whether you are a professional athlete, a weekend warrior, or simply someone wanting to live healthy and free from restrictions, <i>Becoming a Supple Leopard,</i> will teach you how to maintain your body and harness your genetic potential.</p> <p class="null1">Learn How to:</p> <ul> <li>prevent and rehabilitate common athletic injuries</li> <li>overhaul your movement habits</li> <li>quickly identify, diagnose, and fix inefficient movement patterns</li> <li>problem solve for pain and dysfunction in austere environments with little equipment</li> <li>fix poor mechanics that rob power, bleed force, and dump torque</li> <li>unlock reservoirs of athletic capacity you didn't know you had</li> <li>identify and fix poor movement patterns in children</li> <li>reverse the aging process</li> <li>develop strategies that restore function to your joints and tissues</li> <li>accelerate recovery after training sessions and competition</li> <li>create personalized mobility prescriptions to improve movement efficiency</li> <li>improve your quality of life through regained work capacity.</li> <li>run faster, jump higher, and throw farther</li> </ul>

Author(s): Kelly Starrett  

ISBN 10: 1936608588
ISBN 13: 9781936608584
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Publication: 4/23/2013